GRE Word List

ENDEMIC

belonging or native to a particular people or country

The meaning of the word endemic is belonging or native to a particular people or country.

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WordMeaning
ablutionthe washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite)
slougha place of deep mud or mire
decompositionto separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds
palettea thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on
heterogeneousconsisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed
certitudethe state of being or feeling certain
cognizancea distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing)
resurgeto undergo a resurgence
perpetualcontinuing forever : everlasting
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)